Joshua 16:9:7Josh.16.9.W7TAB

בְּנֵֽי־מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה

beneimenasheh

“of the descendants of Manasseh”

Transliteration: be-NEI-me-na-SHEH
Extended: beh-NEH-meh-na-SHEH
IPA: /bənej.mənaˈʃe/

Meaning by language

English: of the descendants of Manasseh

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

בְּ + נֵֽי + מְ + נַ + שֶּׁ֑ה

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be + nei + me + na + sheh

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beneimenasheh

Alphabet Analysis

	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Nun	n as in new
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Mem	m as in mother
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Nun	n as in new
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
be-NEI-me-na-SHEH
phraseyour reading level
na-kha-LAT be-NEI-me-na-SHEH
clause
ve-he-a-REEM ha-miv-da-LOT liv-NEI ef-RA-yim be-TOKH na-kha-LAT be-NEI-me-na-SHEH
sentence
ve-he-a-REEM ha-miv-da-LOT liv-NEI ef-RA-yim be-TOKH na-kha-LAT be-NEI-me-na-SHEH kol-he-a-REEM ve-khats-re-HEN

Exegesis

The spatial phrase betokh {בְּתוֹךְ | bə-tōḵ} ‘in the midst of’ links to the construct nachalat bnei-menashsheh {נַחֲלַת בְּנֵי־מְנַשֶּׁה | na-ḥă-lat bə-nê men-aš-še} ‘inheritance of the sons of Manasseh’, situating these towns within tribal boundaries.

In context — Joshua 16:9

And the cities that were set apart for the sons of Ephraim lay in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh; all the cities and their villages .

About this coordinate

Joshua 16:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 16:9, so the Hebrew word בְּנֵֽי־מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה (beneimenasheh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Josh.16.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.16.9.W7.S1) and character.

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